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Digital television is a multibillion-dollar industry with commercial systems now being deployed worldwide. In this concise yet detailed guide, you will learn about the standards that apply to fixed-line and mobile digital television, as well as the underlying principles involved. The digital television standards are presented to aid understanding of new systems in the market and reveal the variations between different systems used throughout the world. Discussions of source and channel coding then provide the essential knowledge needed for designing reliable new systems. Throughout the book the theory is supported by over 200 figures and tables, whilst an extensive glossary defines practical terminology. This is an ideal reference for practitioners in the field of digital television. It will also appeal to graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering and computer science, and can be used as a textbook for graduate courses on digital television systems.

Provides the essential knowledge needed to design reliable new systems

Discusses the digital television standards, including the MPEG family, ATSC, DVB, ISDTV, DTMB, and ISDB

Additional background features, including Fourier analysis, probability and stochastic processes, and radiofrequency tables, are presented in the book's useful appendices

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Marcelo S. Alencar, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, BrazilMarcelo S. Alencar is Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. With over 28 years of teaching and research experience, he has published 6 technical books and more than 200 scientific papers. He is Founder and President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Communications (IECOM) and has previously worked at MCI-Embratel.

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